ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS

2.37 p.m.

Mr Speaker: Honourable Members will now proceed to take and subscribe the Oath of Allegiance, commencing with the Prime Minister and thereafter in the order as arranged.

Members took and subscribed the Oath of Allegiance, or made Affirmation of Allegiance, in the order below:

Mr Lee Kuan Yew (Tanjong Pagar)

Dr Goh Keng Swee (Kreta Ayer)

Mr Ong Pang Boon (Telok Ayer)

Mr Yong Nyuk Lin (Geylang West)

Mr Lim Kim San (Cairnhill)

Mr Jek Yeun Thong (Queenstown)

Encik Othman bin Wok (Pasir Panjang)

Mr E. W. Barker (Tanglin)

Mr Chua Sian Chin (MacPherson)

Mr Hon Sui Sen (Havelock)

Dr Lee Chiaw Meng (Farrer Park)

Mr Sia Kah Hui (Upper Serangoon)

Mr Chan Chee Seng (Jalan Besar)

Mr Chor Yeok Eng (Bukit Timah)

Mr Wee Toon Boon (Sepoy Lines)

Mr Lee Khoon Choy (Hong Lim)

Tuan Haji Ya'acob bin Mohamed (Kampong Ubi)

Dr Ang Kok Peng (Crawford)

Mr Chai Chong Yii (Bukit Batok)

Mr Sim Boon Woo (Changi)

Mr Teong Eng Siong (Sembawang)

Mr P. Govindaswamy (Anson)

Mr Ho See Beng (Bras Basah)

Tuan Haji Mohd. Ariff bin Suradi (Kampong Kembangan)

Mr Seah Mui Kok (Bukit Ho Swee)

Mr Lai Tha Chai (Henderson)

Mr Ang Nam Piau (Thomson)

Mr Yeo Toon Chia (Kampong Kapor)

Mr Phey Yew Kok (Boon Teck)

Mr Fong Sip Chee (Stamford)

Encik Sha'ari bin Tadin (Kampong Chai Chee)

Mr Ong Soo Chuan (Nee Soon)

Mr Lim Guan Hoo (Bukit Merah)

Mr Ahmad Mattar (Leng Kee)

Dr Augustine H. H. Tan (Whampoa)

Mr Ho Cheng Choon (Geylang East)

Mr Ch'ng Jit Koon (Tiong Bahru)

Mr Ho Kah Leong (Jurong)

Mr Yeo Choo Kok (Delta)

Mr Ong Teng Cheong (Kim Keat)

Mr Sia Khoon Seong (Moulmein)

Mr Ng Kah Ting (Punggol)

Dr Ong Leong Boon (Kim Seng)

Mr Tay Boon Too (Paya Lebar)

Encik Abdul Aziz Karim (Kallang)

Mr Ivan Baptist (Potong Pasir)

Mr Cheong Yuen Chee (Toa Payoh)

Mr P. Selvadurai (Kuo Chuan)

Mr Ng Yeow Chong (Mountbatten)

Mr L. P. Rodrigo (Serangoon Gardens)

Dr Chiang Hai Ding (Ulu Pandan)

Prof. Wong Lin Ken (Alexandra)

Mr Tang See Chim (Chua Chu Kang)

Mr Lee Yiok Seng (Bukit Panjang)

Mr Chin Ham Tong (Aljunied)

Mr Hwang Soo Jin (Jalan Kayu)

Mr N. Govindasamy (Telok Blangah)

Encik Rahmat bin Kenap Al-Haj (Geylang Serai)

Dr Tan Eng Liang (River Valley)

Mr Speaker: I have to inform the House that the President will be present in this Chamber at 6.45 p.m. this evening to address Parliament. The business set down for this afternoon being concluded,. I now suspend this Sitting until 6.45 p.m.

Sitting accordingly suspended at 3.18 p.m. until 6.45 p.m. Sitting resumed at 6.45 p.m.

The President (accompanied by two A.D.C.s entered the Chamber, accompanied by Mr Speaker, who was preceded by the Serjeant at Arms (without the Mace), the Second Clerk-Assistant, the Clerk-Assistant and the Clerk.

On the Clerk announcing "The President", the President delivered his Opening Speech.